Ivy League Definition
noun
A group of colleges in the NE U.S. forming a league for intercollegiate sports.
Webster's New World
An association of eight universities and colleges in the northeast United States, comprising Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale.
American Heritage
pronoun
An association of eight universities and colleges in the USA, known for high quality.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of or resembling the traditions of the Ivy League.
American Heritage
Origin of Ivy League
So called because of the ivy-covered older college buildings
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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